Fred Sirieix, general manager at Galvin at Windows, has designed a new service college course with Westminster Kingsway College for restaurant managers that will be available for those already working in the industry.
Publicans have been warned by a leading sports lawyer not to misread the victory of Portsmouth landlady Karen Murphy in the High Court as an acceptance of the legality of showing Premier League matches without a valid UK subscription service.
New Admiral Taverns licensees will have a membership of the British Insitiute of Innkeeping (BII) for the lifetime of their agreement funded by the Chester-based pubco, following a similar announcement from Fuller's last year.
Restaurants and hotels can learn from what both sectors already do well on sustainability and responsibility for the industry to progress on environmental issues, according to Mark Linehan of the Sustainable Restaurant Association who was speaking at...
Jamie Oliver has acquired a site in the Covent Garden Market Building that was occupied by a pop-up restaurant from British chain Canteen. It is understood the celebrity chef is likely to open a Union Jacks on site, or alternatively a Jamie's Italian...
Former bar and conference venue Cafe Royal is set to re-open its doors as a 159-bedroom luxury hotel in June following three years of restoration and building work.
Oldham council is planning to build a hotel and hospitality training academy in the town which it believes could become a blueprint for more academies across the UK in the future.
2012 is set to be a record year for occupancy in London hotels but the situation after the Olympics will remain difficult although hotels in the regions may benefit in 2013, according to latest forecasts from Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC).
International hotel operator Accor has revealed the group consumes more than 18bn kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy, ahead of a spring publication of a new sustainable development strategy for the company.
Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza operator, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), has announced it is to create nearly 3,000 UK jobs over the next three years, with more than 1,000 coming in 2012 as the operator launches the IHG Academy in Newham, London.
The Devonshire Arms – Gordon Ramsay’s failed pub in Chiswick, London – has closed with immediate effect having only re-opened under new ownership in July last year.
Ten hotels, restaurants, pubs and inns have been awarded by guide Les Routiers UK for demonstrating ‘exceptional service, hospitality and quality of food’ throughout the year.
Pesto, the Italian restaurant chain founded by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, is to open three more sites under the Pesto in the Pub concept in the next six months after the first under the brand was successfully opened at a Punch Taverns site in Cheshire...
Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept owned by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, is to open its seventh site in London, after securing the former Bertorelli site in Fitzrovia from the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC), according to...
Hotel prices have dropped across every city in the UK apart from London, which is one of only seven major cities in Europe to have seen an increase in room rates for February.
Replacing a kitchen is not something you consider every day. When margins are being squeezed in every area of the business it can be hard to see how spending a five or six-figure-sum on new kit will have an immediate effect on your profit margins.
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the privately owned hotel operator, has signed a management contract with the owner of Donnington Grove Country Club in Newbury in a bid to further increase its market presence.
Roast founder Iqbal Wahhab has bought Soho's Indian street food restaurant Moolis from administration with plans for menu changes before expansion aspirations for the business beyond the current Frith Street site.
As hospitality businesses are gearing up for next month’s announcement on the 2012 budget, the British beer and pub industry is unanimously demanding a freeze in the Government’s controversial beer tax escalator.
Marriott’s 218-bedroom Courtyard London Gatwick Airport Hotel is being offered for sale by business adviser Christie & Co, which is seeking offers in excess of £20 million.
Restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars including The May Fair, The Fifth Floor Bar, The Mulroy and Jurys Inn tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract new customers.
Carlson Rezidor and Edwardian Group have announced the rebrand of all 13 Radisson Edwardian hotels in the UK to Radisson Blu Edwardian by the second half of 2012.
Gordon Ramsay has said he is ‘surprised and saddened’ over a decision by the owner of Laurier Gordon Ramsay, the Canadian restaurant where he has a consultancy, to remove his association with the business.
Springboard’s FutureChef 2009 winner Luke Thomas has gone into partnership with hotelier, restaurateur and former nightclub owner Mark Fuller to open his first restaurant at the tender age of 18.
The Chumleigh Lodge Hotel in Finchley, North London, has been ordered to pay more than £260,000 in fines and costs after committing a number of offences under the Fire Safety Order.
An interior designer and international DJ from Northampton have hit success after opening their first bar, Borija, in the town with a business plan that sees them hit profit in the first year before looking at a possible second site.
Chef Chris Staines has been appointed head chef and food and beverage director at the Abbey, the Bath hotel bought by Ian and Christa Taylor earlier this month.
Since Mayfair brasserie Hush opened its doors in 1999, founder Jamie Barber has gained a reputation for a hands-on approach to choosing and launching varied restaurant concepts from Kitchen Italia to Villandry so BigHospitality caught up with him to talk...
Jamie Oliver's restaurant business will make its airport debut with the opening of a Jamie's Italian and two new concepts - a Union Jacks bar and a bakery - at Gatwick this summer.
InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) has announced global operating profits of over $550m in 2011, representing annual growth of 26 per cent, while revenue per available room (RevPAR) also rose despite a fall in the last quarter of the year in the UK and...
Traditionally a quiet month for the hospitality industry, January is the time when many businesses plan for the year ahead or recover after the busy festive season, but evidence has shown that many restaurants and pubs have been experiencing an unusual...
Italian restaurant Marco Marco, which has a site in Northwich, Cheshire, is set to open a new restaurant, pizzeria and bar in the nearby village of Lymm this week.
Bluewater, the Kent shopping centre, has announced a redesign of The Wintergarden which will include a new restaurant in the family dining area of the site.
Harbour & Jones (H&J) has been appointed the catering partner to RSA House where it will run its public restaurant The Vaults, its private bar and cater at events over the next three years with the aim of making it 'compete more fiercely'...
Essex-based firm Cozy Pub Company plan to open 10 more pubs in the next five years after successful re-launches of two Punch Taverns sites in and around Saffron Walden in the county.
Simon Kershaw, chairman of the northern region committee of the British Hospitality Association (BHA), has joined hoteliers in York calling for planned charges of up to £1 a night for tourists staying in the city to be dropped.
ETM Group, the London-based pub company run by brothers Tom and Ed Martin will open its tenth pub next month on the site of The King's Head at the Barbican.
The number of insolvencies among the UK restaurant sector has jumped by 31 per cent to 194 in the last financial quarter of 2011 – the highest rate for over three years.
Restaurants, pubs and Hotels including Millennium & Copthorne, The Cadogan, Timothy Taylor and Hampton Court Palace tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract more customers.
Petersham Nurseries Café has confirmed the departure of head chef Skye Gyngell after eight years at the Michelin-starred venue and announced she will be replaced by Austalian chef Greg Malouf.
Market Café, a new café, bar and dining room, is set to join the growing list of restaurants on Broadway Market in East London as Hugo Warner embarks on his first project since leaving Benugo in 2010.
Benito's Hat Mexican Kitchen founder and director, Ben Fordham, has declared the forthcoming opening of a King's Cross site a 'statement of intent' for the restaurant chain with plans for two more sites this year and a move outside...
Internationally acclaimed chef Marcus Wareing is to be the vision behind Aalto Restaurant at Hotel La Tour when it opens in Birmingham next month, BigHospitlity has learnt.
A 74-strong package of closed freehold and long-leasehold pubs, which includes sites from the former Pubfolio and Goldtry estates, has been placed on the market, according to BigHospitality's sister publication M&C Report.
